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Use in varieties of Scots

tilt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.3 8.6 15 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3017 10 1 1 0 1
Number of authors14 7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of tilt in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
inyies o danss muisik driftit tilt frae the stoupit transs whaur on page 2

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
echts ti cum by an pit a stap tilt. on page 45

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Ane secont he was running fou tilt through the cornfield- breing on page 17

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
suffer the tilt o a tap-root, heezit on page 107

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
t's wabble sae that it daesna tilt ower faur, ower shairp like.
the Moon. This is acause the tilt o the Moon daesna lat the sun
r is 780 days lang. It haes a tilt muckle like the Yird giein Ma
warld. Uranus haes a byordnar tilt til its aixis sae that the ha
t gaes aboot it at 98 degrees tilt. Acause o this byordar poseet
5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
wi tholerance. “Ye ar nyow tilt, an in course ye dinna ken. T
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
i yeir bare skin ye ar frosin tilt belyve.
jauss. He hed leistent tilt an loued it sin youthheid. Bo
’d. Thai tirned a blinnd ei tilt. Thusgates Douglas als wytes
3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ax break aff in ma haun as ah tilt the boatle oer the flame ay t
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
They turn thur heeds an tilt thur ears
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
the parly abody is warkin fu tilt, frae you, John Swinney, Clyd(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Oh, I see, you would want to tilt your lance at Kierkegaard, wo on page 57

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
grun o Coull, they ging back tilt,' ma faither telt me. I wis c on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
frae the warren, an left them tilt. Isie wis enjoyin hersel, she
rk wis near full fin they won tilt. Like the beasts in the byre,
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he Hen-Hoose estate war eesed tilt an wad takk the bairnies in t
. Genetic engineerin hid seen tilt that, insteid o biggin an Ede
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
o aff i lead and dis fit he's tilt.(2019) search twitter
t nivvir Stovies. Folk needin tilt! https://t.co/kCzOe2GbpX(2019) search twitter
ot for a game o kerby but wis tilt my flyaway wisni good enough.(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ey had enough of an angle tae tilt it up and drag me oot...possi (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu'd tilt her heid, reach ahint me ear: on page 28

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
catch der seawird tilt ta Fitful, on page 38

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
exaggerated turn o the neck, tilt o the heid an clesp o on page 17

1 matches

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